Petrol supply inadequate as Christmas approaches – Marketers

Fresh indications have emerged that many Nigerians may spend the better part of the approaching Yuletide period on queues at filling stations following the less than adequate supply of petrol.

Our correspondent gathered on Monday that though the inadequate supply situation was not very evident in Lagos, long queues of motorists looking for petrol had resurfaced in Abuja and some other parts of the country.

The President, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, South-West branch, Alhaji Tokunbo Korodo, who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone on Monday, said even in Lagos, loading had not generally improved, as only very few depots were operating.

He said supply was still being rationed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and that there were no sign yet of adequate fuel supplied in the Yuletide season.

“Petrol supply is not yet enough.They are still rationing the product. NIPCO and AITEO are loading, but other depots are not,” Korodo said.

A source at the Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, who spoke to our correspondent in confidence, said the petrol supply situation in Abuja and other parts of the country was already bad and there were no clear indications of a respite soon.

The source admitted that though Lagos was not experiencing much supply hitches presently, anything could happen in the next few days.

The MOMAN source said, “Lagos is not Nigeria. Unless they want to give us an impression that Lagos represents Nigeria. The situation in Abuja is already bad; there are queues everywhere.

“Generally, supply is not enough. The Lagos situation does not represent a picture of the entire nation.”

But a market source at Apapa, who pleaded anonymity, told our correspondent on the telephone that the situation could not be described as bad because at the moment, his company was loading petrol on 24-hour basis, and a vessel had just arrived to boost petrol supply.

He confirmed to our correspondent that the ex-depot prices of petrol at the various depots ranged between N94.50 and N96 on Monday.

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This is the kind of alarmist reporting that is sponsored by Marketers/Racketeers to hoard for Black Market. Whether this kind of reporting is being paid for is yet to be determined. But I am of the Strongest believe that it is being sponsored & paid for. This kind of journalism is very deplorable to say the least. Reuben Abalti comes to mind.

Daniel

These marketers sound like they are concerned, where as they have vowed that Nigeria must suffer fuel scarcity and they doing everything within their reach including sending their sponsored vandals to go and destroy pipelines, and station them to kill anybody who attempts to fix it.

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